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  0 Thread: Epoxy for cracks in table
Post: RE: Epoxy for cracks in table

OneStaple Wrote: (10-05-2022, 10:01 PM) -- Hey all, I picked up some butcher block for a decent price, and plan to use it to make an assembly table/workbench (not hardcore for hand planing, etc.)....
5thumbs Woodworking 15 2,062 10-06-2022, 08:00 PM
  0 Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench

Quote: -- Thanks to all who suggested alternate woods.  After careful consideration of the intended use of the bench (by a firepit) and my budget and gas prices and grocery prices, I decided to use...
5thumbs Woodworking 23 3,514 06-15-2022, 08:18 AM
  0 Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench

jteneyck Wrote: (06-01-2022, 07:30 PM) -- If you can still buy white oak for around $2.75/bf I recommend you buy all you can store.  In WNY white oak is twice that for plain sawn 4/4 and twice that f...
5thumbs Woodworking 23 3,514 06-02-2022, 05:41 AM
  0 Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench

Gary G™ Wrote: (05-31-2022, 09:43 AM) -- What will the white oak cost you? -- Where I live, about $5.00 - #13.50/bdft, depending on thickness and cut. Cedar ranges from $10.25 and up, if you can ge...
5thumbs Woodworking 23 3,514 06-01-2022, 06:16 AM
  0 Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench

Gary G™ Wrote: (05-30-2022, 04:16 PM) -- I remember buying clear Cypress for $1.10/BF Now, lots of the mills are closed or closing. :no: -- I also remember gas for 29.9 a gallon and hamburger f...
5thumbs Woodworking 23 3,514 05-30-2022, 06:43 PM
  0 Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench

Admiral Wrote: (05-29-2022, 06:17 PM) -- Well, shipping would be involved, but $4.60 bd ft aint bad, less then Western Red Cedar; https://walllumber.com/products/fine-softwoods/ and less than white o...
5thumbs Woodworking 23 3,514 05-29-2022, 09:12 PM
  Shocked Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench

I want to build a garden bench that will stay outside for most (or all) of the year, Whren I was a kid (many, many years ago) we had a Cypress bench my grandpa built and it lasted a long time. Unfo...
5thumbs Woodworking 23 3,514 05-29-2022, 02:26 PM
  0 Thread: Cedar Chest
Post: RE: Cedar Chest

Great work! Shows real skill
5thumbs Woodworking 2 892 12-27-2021, 04:10 PM
  0 Thread: Hope Chest Completed
Post: RE: Hope Chest Completed

Absolutely beautiful great work!
5thumbs Woodworking 28 4,504 12-27-2021, 04:08 PM
  0 Thread: Split Top Roubo Completed!
Post: RE: Split Top Roubo Completed!

nice work! I finished mine about 2 years ago. It kinda hurts when the first dent is made in it but you get over it pretty fast!:D:D
5thumbs Woodworking 23 3,759 12-07-2021, 04:36 PM
  0 Thread: Allergic to Ash?
Post: RE: Allergic to Ash?

Try wearing a pair of latex gloves next time you work with the ash.
5thumbs Woodworking Hand Tools 11 2,568 11-22-2021, 07:21 PM
  0 Thread: Pine sap coming through stain.
Post: RE: Pine sap coming through stain.

stoppy Wrote: (06-14-2021, 09:21 AM) -- Talked to the table's owner, she doesn't care about the sap only brought it up 'cuz son pointed it out, likes the color it is stained.  Problem solved.  :D -- ...
5thumbs Woodworking 6 1,821 06-14-2021, 06:38 PM
  0 Thread: Recently completed smoothing plane
Post: RE: Recently completed smoothing plane

Beautiful - Excellent work!
5thumbs Woodworking Hand Tools 12 3,369 05-12-2021, 08:06 PM
  0 Thread: Another sharpening thread with a twist
Post: RE: Another sharpening thread with a twist

My Grandfather, who served in WW1, spent his entire life as a finish carpenter. He worked in some of the finest houses on the main line in Philadelphia.  When he passed, he had a coarse and a fine sto...
5thumbs Woodworking Hand Tools 21 5,557 05-05-2021, 01:41 PM
  0 Thread: crosscut saws for $500!?
Post: RE: crosscut saws for $500!?

I have a different theory. What if his wife said: "Why don't you sell those old saws - you never use them!"  So, he listed them at astronomical prices. If nobody responds, he can say: "There's no mark...
5thumbs Woodworking Hand Tools 12 3,538 04-28-2021, 07:21 PM
  0 Thread: DIY drying wood
Post: RE: DIY drying wood

I would try polyethylene glycol (PEG). Submerge the piece in the PEG for 1-2 weeks.  The PEG will displace the water and prevent cracking. Air dry as needed. Actual times will depend on the thickness ...
5thumbs Woodworking 9 2,440 04-22-2021, 05:21 AM
  0 Thread: Using birch
Post: RE: Using birch

I built a Roubo style workbench out of  flame birch. Very heavy - which is what I wanted. vSo far (3 years) no problems with chipping and it doesn't seem to dent very easily.
5thumbs Woodworking 7 1,865 04-17-2021, 07:48 AM
  0 Thread: Hanging display box for spoon collection
Post: RE: Hanging display box for spoon collection

You could try a bevel at the back of the hole you drilled. Alternatively, you could glue a small square dowel underneath the shelf do that the spoon handle could not rotate backwards, keeping the bowl...
5thumbs Woodworking 7 1,564 04-15-2021, 07:12 AM
  0 Thread: Stuck at home
Post: RE: Stuck at home

Beautiful chair! Well done. My "stuck at home" projects include fixing a wobbly chair (may become firewood), repairing a coat hook device, building an Adirondack chair for Mother's Day, and buildin...
5thumbs Woodworking Hand Tools 10 4,252 03-31-2020, 07:25 AM
  0 Thread: Saber saw replacement suggestions needed
Post: RE: Saber saw replacement suggestions needed

Thanks again to all who responded. I used the Bosch yesterday to cut some plexiglass panels I've been wanting to install and it worked like a dream! Regarding my old Craftsman, I;m of the school th...
5thumbs Woodworking Power Tools 23 8,454 03-24-2020, 09:47 AM

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